First flight of the Terrafugia; car/airplane.
04-14-2009, 11:19 PM
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First flight of the Terrafugia; car/airplane.
Thought it might be a cool vid to share. Seems like some MIT students have been busy trying to keep the old car/airplane idea alive. I would love to drive/fly in one myself! Well, that is after you get it to takeoff in less than 5000', and not require full elevater deflection to get it off the ground...
First Car Flight Video
First Car Flight Video
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04-15-2009, 06:55 AM
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Flying cars are not realistic. Local governments are not going to let people TO and land in their driveway.
But this is a roadable airplane...it could actually be pretty useful for a certain type of recreational flying. It would be nice to be able to fly into out-of-the-way places and still get around. I'd buy one if performance was reasonable.
The navy has used folding wings since the early days of carrier aviation, I don't recall any breaking off...but you would have to be careful where you parked that thing...door dings could be expensive!
But this is a roadable airplane...it could actually be pretty useful for a certain type of recreational flying. It would be nice to be able to fly into out-of-the-way places and still get around. I'd buy one if performance was reasonable.
The navy has used folding wings since the early days of carrier aviation, I don't recall any breaking off...but you would have to be careful where you parked that thing...door dings could be expensive!
04-15-2009, 08:53 PM
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Originally Posted by rickair7777
Flying cars are not realistic. Local governments are not going to let people TO and land in their driveway.
But this is a roadable airplane...it could actually be pretty useful for a certain type of recreational flying. It would be nice to be able to fly into out-of-the-way places and still get around. I'd buy one if performance was reasonable.
But this is a roadable airplane...it could actually be pretty useful for a certain type of recreational flying. It would be nice to be able to fly into out-of-the-way places and still get around. I'd buy one if performance was reasonable.
04-16-2009, 07:42 AM
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